Number 17 - Another by Him

Iraqi style
English

Number 17 - Another by Him

I don't know what has become of your wealth, that it lies scattered like your restless mind. You hand it out a single coin at a time; it's clear this is the end of your life.
Explanation: The poem plays on the parallel between scattered wealth and a scattered, troubled mind. The final line suggests the miserly, coin-by-coin giving signals the man's decline.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۷ - وله ایضا

ندانم چه افتاد مال ترا که چون خاطرت در پراکندگیست
به دیناری از وی صلت می کنی پدیدست کت آخر زندگسیت